Indigenous land defenders say “defend the sacred.” As Unitarian Universalists, what does “sacred” mean to us? When we stopped being a conventional religion with strict ideas about the sacred and the profane, we opened ourselves up to a world where – to quote Peter Mayer – “everything is holy now“. This means that we suffer alongside the natural world, but also that we can draw tremendous solace and inspiration from it.
Come join Reilly and our own fantastic Tony Turner for this spiritual, musical exploration.
Reilly is an organizer and facilitator with extensive experience running digital campaigns. Prior to entering seminary, she was the Director of Communications and Public Engagement at the David Suzuki Foundation, and she currently serves as Co-Founder of Climate Plan, a membership-based organization that helps people and their communities respond to climate change. She received her MDiv from the University of Toronto (graduating with the prize for Highest Standing), and completed her chaplaincy training (CPE Basic) at Victoria General Hospital.
Her ministry work focuses on the twin challenges of spiritual resilience and systems change in the face of the polycrisis, the interlocking crisis of crises that defines our time. She lives in James Bay on the unceded territories of the Swenghung, a Lekwungen-speaking people, with her partner Jamie and their children Avery and Elyse.
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